JP2847402B2 - Hopper type medal payout device - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention is provided inside a slot machine, a currency exchange machine, a vending machine, or the like, and is used for paying out a required number of medals (or coins). The present invention relates to a medal payout device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a hopper-type medal payout device used to pay out a required number of medals is provided inside a slot machine, a currency exchange machine, a vending machine, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 12, such a conventional hopper-type medal dispensing apparatus 30 stores a plurality of medals 43 and has a medal drop hole 18 at the lower end.
And a medal payout unit 11 for paying out medals 43 stored in the popper unit 10.

The medal payout section 11 includes a plurality of medal storage holes.
A rotating disk unit 12 in which 19 is opened, a driving unit 13 for rotating the rotating disk unit 12, and a rotating disk unit 12
And a medal placement portion 14 on which the medals 43 are placed, and a medal guide pin 20 for guiding the ejection of the medals 43 via the medal storage holes 19.

That is, as shown in FIG. 12, a circular concave portion 22 is provided in the substrate portion 17 formed as a base frame, and a ring-shaped protrusion 32 is provided in the circular concave portion 22. . In the circular concave portion 22, the rotating disk portion 12 and a rotor 31 mounted and fixed on the back surface of the rotating disk portion 12 are arranged so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction of the rotating disk portion 12.

That is, the rotating disk unit 12 is
A plurality of medal storage holes 19, which are provided immediately below the medal drop hole 18 opened in 10 and penetrate in the thickness direction, are opened along the circumferential direction, and a medal formed in a convex shape on the back surface. A transport guide 21 is provided. Further, a rotor 31 is provided adjacent to the lower surface side of the rotating disk portion 12, and the rotor 31 has a ring-shaped protrusion 32 provided in the circular recess 22 formed in the substrate portion 17 described above. A ring-shaped space portion 37 that can be stored is formed, a disk portion 38 provided at the center portion, and a ring-shaped peripheral portion 39 provided around the outside of the disk portion 38 via the ring-shaped space portion 37. Consists of

Then, the rotating disk unit 12 and the rotor 31
Are connected and fixed to each other by a suitable connecting member such as a screw, so that the rotating disk portion 12 and the rotor 31 can be rotated by being guided by the ring-shaped protrusion 32 in the circular recess 22 described above. It is configured.

In the rotor 31, the medals 43 dropped from the hopper 10 are stored in the medal storage holes 19 of the rotating disc 12.
A medal placing portion 14 that can be placed via the medals is formed.

That is, in the hopper type dispensing device 30 shown in FIG. 12, five medal storage holes 19 are opened in the rotating disc portion 12 along the circumferential direction, and five medal storage holes are provided.
Between 19, each of the medal stirring projections 40 is provided.

On the back surface of the rotating disk portion 12, the medal transport guides 21 formed in a convex shape as described above are provided between the five medal storage holes 19, respectively. 21 are provided. And
These five medal transport guides 21 are medal transport guides.
Between 21, the medal stored and mounted on the medal mounting portion 14 has a shape having an arc bulging in the rotation direction so that the medal can be appropriately discharged to the outside of the rotor 31 according to the rotation of the rotor 31. Is formed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 12, a part of the circular hole 22 is cut out to form a medal discharge portion 15,
In the medal discharge section 15, a medal guide path 36 extends outside the medal mounting section 14 on the same surface as the medal mounting section 14 formed on the rotor 31 housed in the circular recess 22. Have been. A plate-shaped medal guide portion 28 is attached and fixed to one side of the medal placing portion 14.

In addition, the surface of the ring-shaped protrusion 32 housed in the ring-shaped space 37 formed between the disk portion 38 forming the rotor 31 and the peripheral edge portion 39 has an entrance of the medal guide path 36. Inside, it protrudes above the medal mounting part 14 and
A medal guide pin 20 for guiding the ejection of 43 is provided. The medal guide pin 20 is urged toward the upper part of the circular recess 22 by an appropriate urging means.

Further, on the back side of the substrate section 17, the drive section 13 which can rotationally drive the rotary disk section 12 and the rotor 31 fixed to the rotary disk section 12 is provided.

A notch 41 provided in the substrate section 17 has a separator 23 on the side of the medal guide path 36 and a spring 25.
Mounted through. The separator 23 is provided with a notch 41 provided in the
, A counter plate 27 attached and fixed to the counter plate 27 by appropriate fixing means, a counter plate 27 having a substantially triangular shape as a whole, and auxiliary rollers 42, 42 attached to the counter plate 27.
And a counter arm 26 pivotally supported by the counter plate 27 and having a counter rotor 29 pivotally mounted at the tip.

Further, the substrate portion 17 is provided with three fixing pins 35 at the peripheral edge of the circular concave portion 22, and the flange portion 33 provided at the peripheral edge of the medal drop hole 18 formed at the lower end of the hopper 10. The opened engagement hole 34 is configured to be able to engage.

Therefore, in the conventional hopper-type medal payout device 30 configured as described above, the plurality of medals 43 stored in the hopper unit 10 are provided on the surface of the rotating disk unit 12 rotated by the driving unit 13. Stirred by the protruding medal agitating projections 40, and are appropriately stored and mounted in a medal mounting portion 14 formed on the surface of the rotor 31 through five medal storage holes 19 formed in the rotating disk portion 12. You.

And the medal storage hole 19 that stores the medal 43,
When reaching the entrance position of the medal guide path 36 formed in the medal discharge section 15, the medal 43 is attached to the medal guide pin 20 protruding from the ring-shaped protrusion 32 provided in the circular recess 22. At the same time, the peripheral edge of the medal is pressed by the medal transport guide 21 provided on the back side of the rotating disk unit 12, and the medal guide unit 28 provided on one side of the medal guiding path 36, While being supported between the counter roller 29 provided on the other side, the medal transport guide 21 is configured to be pressed toward the medal discharge unit 15 and discharged to the outside of the medal discharge unit 15.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In such a conventional hopper-type medal dispensing device 30, as described above, the disk portion 38 and the peripheral edge portion 39 formed by the rotor 31 and the disk portion 38 The medal placing portion 14 is formed by the ring-shaped protrusion 32 housed in the ring-shaped gap portion 37 provided between the ring-shaped protrusion 37 and the medal guide provided on the ring-shaped protrusion 32. The pin 20 is provided substantially at the center of the medal placing portion 14 in the width direction,
Although it is configured to be able to protrude and retract in the thickness direction of the substrate part 17, it is fixed and stored so as not to be movable in the plane direction of the rotor 31 in a medal storage hole 19 provided in the rotating disk part 12. Therefore, the medals 43 conveyed by the medal conveyance guide 21 cannot be appropriately guided from the entrance of the medal guideway 36 into the medal guideway 36, and the medals 43 are smoothly discharged to the outside of the medal discharge unit 15. There was a disadvantage that it could not be done.

Therefore, a technical problem of the present invention is to guide the medals stored in the medal storage holes of the rotating disk portion and conveyed by the medal conveyance guide into the medal guiding path more smoothly, and to ensure the medal from the medal discharger. Is to discharge.

[Technical Means and Actions for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve such a technical solution, in the present invention, the medal guide pin is provided on the medal mounting portion along the diameter direction of the rotating disk portion. Are arranged in the grooved guide pin housing holes, and reciprocate in the diametrical direction of the rotating disk portion in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating disk portion. When it is not at the position, it is at the innermost position, and when each medal storage hole is at the entrance position of the medal guideway, it reaches the outermost position and contacts the medal periphery to guide medals, and While the medal is supported between the medal guideway side wall and the medal transport guide, the medal is pushed toward the medal discharge unit to discharge the medal.

[Examples] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on examples shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, a hopper-type medal payout device 50 according to the present embodiment stores a plurality of medals 43 and has a hopper portion 55 in which a medal drop hole 112 is opened at a lower end portion,
A medal payout unit 54 that pays out the medals 43 stored in the hopper unit 55 is configured.

Then, the medal payout section 54 is
And a drive unit 53 for rotating the rotating disk unit 52. The rotating disk portion 52 is formed in a disk shape having a predetermined thickness, and the hopper portion 55
Are provided immediately below the medal drop hole 112, which is opened in the center, and seven medal storage holes 59 penetrating in the thickness direction are formed along the circumferential direction, and are formed in a convex shape on the surface. A plurality of medal transport guides 60 are provided.

The rotating disk part 52 is provided on the surface side of the substrate part 51 formed in a substantially square shape as a whole, and the driving part 53
Is mounted on the back side of the substrate section 51. And the third
As shown in FIG.
The rotary disk unit storage recess 93 is provided below the general surface 99 of the rotary disk unit.
The diameter of 93 is formed slightly larger than the diameter of the rotating disk portion 52.

An annular guide projection 69 is protrudingly provided on the periphery of the rotary disk portion storage recess 93. The rotating disk portion 52 is rotatably housed in the rotating disk portion housing recess 93 while being guided by the annular guide projection 69 around the periphery.

As shown in FIG. 2, three fixing holes 100 are formed in the center of the rotating disk portion 52 to connect and fix the rotating disk portion 52 to the drive shaft 84 of the driving portion 53 described above. I have.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Screw 116 and washer 11 are inserted through these fixing holes 100.
7, it is connected and fixed to a driving unit 84 described later.

Then, as shown in FIG.
Is formed in a disk shape having a predetermined thickness dimension,
From the peripheral portion 101 to the rotation center portion 118, a concave shape having a gentle slope is formed.

As shown in FIG. 2, a medal transport guide 60 is provided on the rear side of the rotary disk portion 52 so as to protrude rearward in the rotational direction of each of the seven medal storage holes 59. . The medal transport guide 60 is formed in a shape in which a rectangular parallelepiped having a small thickness dimension is slightly curved backward in the rotation direction of the rotating disk unit 52. As a result, the front edge 95 in the rotational direction of each medal transport guide 60 is
Are formed in an arc shape that bulges out in the rotation direction, and constitute a medal contact portion.

In the center of the back surface of the rotating disk portion 52, a disk-shaped step portion 108 formed at a predetermined height is provided, and a rotation transmitting portion 96 is provided on the step portion 108. . The rotation transmitting portion 96 includes seven convex portions 82 provided corresponding to the seven medal storage holes 59 formed in the rotating disk portion 52, and seven concave portions formed between these seven convex portions 82. An engaging step 75 made up of 83 and a drive shaft joining recess 70 provided at the center of the engaging step 75.

The engaging step portion 75 has a convex portion 82 and a concave portion 83 formed alternately and continuously, and an engaging roller 74 constituting a medal guide pin driving mechanism 71 described later is disposed in the concave portion 83. It is configured as follows.

As shown in FIG. 3, the diameter dimension of the hole 86 formed in the bottom plate 102 constituting the rotary disk portion accommodating recess 93 is the same as the diameter of the disk provided at the center of the rear surface of the rotary disk portion 52. Is formed slightly larger than the diameter of the step 108. Therefore, when the rotating disk portion 52 is accommodated in the rotating disk portion accommodating recess 93, the step 108 and the rotation transmitting portion 96 on the disk provided on the back surface of the rotating disk portion 52 It is configured to be housed in a hole 86 opened in the housing and rotate.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, below the rotating disk portion 52, a medal 43 provided adjacent to the rotating disk portion 52 and dropped from the hopper portion 55 is provided. A medal placing portion 56 to be placed through the medal storing hole 59, a medal discharging portion 57 provided outside the medal placing portion 56 and having a medal guiding path 62 formed therein, A medal guide pin 73 that is provided inside the entrance 63 of the 62 and protrudes above the medal placing portion 56 to guide the discharge of the medal 43 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 3, the medal placing portion 56 is formed of a disk-shaped bottom plate 102 that forms the bottom of the rotating disk storage recess 93. The medal placing portion 56 constituted by the bottom plate 102 is
It is formed one step lower than the general surface 99 of one. And
An annular guide projection 69 is provided on the periphery of the rotary disk portion housing recess 93, and a part of the annular guide projection 69 is cut out to form a notch 113. A recess 121 reaching the edge of the substrate 51 is provided in the substrate 51 over substantially the same length as the notch 113 formed in the 69. The recess 121 forms a medal guide path 62 on the same plane as the medal placing section 56.
This medal guide path 62 reaches the periphery of the substrate section 51,
A medal discharge portion 57 is formed.

On one side of the medal guideway 62, a medal guideway side wall portion 65 is formed as a medal guide portion.
The medal guideway side wall 65 is
Is formed so that the width dimension of the medal guiding path becomes narrower toward the tip of the medal.

An oval hole 80 is formed on the other side of the medal guide path 62 along the circumferential direction of the rotating disk 52.

A counter roller 61 is provided at an inner end of the oval hole 80. And this counter roller
As shown in FIG. 4, 61 is rotatably mounted at the tip of a bar-shaped counter roller support 67 which is inserted through the oblong hole 80 from below.

The lower end of the counter roller support 67 is fixed to the tip of the arm 98.
It is rotatably attached to a fixed portion 104 protruding from a base portion 105 provided on the back surface of the substrate portion 51. The arm portion 98 is urged by the spring 66 in a direction opposite to the rotation of the rotating disk portion 52. The spring 66 includes a distal end portion of the arm portion 98 and a base portion provided on the back surface of the substrate portion 51.
It is stretched between 105 and a post 91 projecting downward.

Further, on the back surface side of the substrate section 51, the drive section 53 for rotating the rotating disk section 52 is provided as described above. Further, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, on both end portions of the board portion 51, mounting and fixing panel portions 81, 81 hang down at a substantially right angle to the board portion 51. Is provided.

That is, the mounting and fixing panel portions 81 and 81 have the same width dimension as one side of the substrate portion 51, and the length dimension is the same as that of the driving portion 53 fixed to the rear surface of the substrate portion 51.
Is formed in a size that can cover the vertical direction.

The mounting and fixing panel portions 81, 81 have upper ends bent inward to form the mounting portions 114, and lower ends bent outward to form legs 88. And
The mounting and fixing panel portions 81 and 81 are fastened and fixed to the opposite side edges of the rear surface of the substrate portion 51 by screws 115 in the mounting portion 114.

And these two mounting fixed panel parts 81, 81
The heat generated when the drive section 53 is operated is transmitted to the mounting and fixing panel sections 81 via the board section 51, and acts as a heat radiating section capable of radiating heat.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bottom plate 102 constituting the bottom of the above-mentioned rotary disk storage recess 93 has a hole 8 at the center.
6 is formed in an open disk shape, and the drive shaft 84 described above is disposed in the hole 86. The upper surface of the drive shaft 84 is provided with three fixing holes 106, and the drive shaft 84 is housed in the drive shaft joint recess 70 provided on the back surface of the above-mentioned rotary disk 52. At the same time, three fixing holes 106 provided in the drive shaft 84 and a rotary disk part 52 penetrates from a rotational center part 94 on the surface part of the rotary disk part 52 to a rotary disk part storage recess 93 provided on the back side of the rotary disk part 52. It is configured so that the rotating disk portion 52 can be connected to the drive shaft 84 by aligning the fixing holes 100 provided and screwing joining means such as screws into these fixing holes 100 and 106. I have.

As shown in FIG. 3, a groove extends along a diametrical direction of the rotating disk portion 52 from a part of the periphery of a hole 86 formed at the center of the medal placing portion 56 toward the medal guide path 62. A guide pin storage hole 64 is provided. As shown in FIG. 8, the gap l between the tip 107 and the side wall 65 of the medal guide path forming the medal guide is formed by the slot 1 of the medal 43 as shown in FIG. It is formed substantially the same as the diameter dimension.

A medal guide pin 73 is housed in the groove-shaped guide pin storage hole 64, and the medal guide pin 73 is driven by a medal guide pin driving mechanism 71.
The medal guide pin receiving hole 64 is configured to be able to reciprocate along the diametrical direction of the rotating disk portion 52.

Then, the medal guide pin driving mechanism 71 is
As shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 4 and FIG.
73 is attached to one end and the other end is an engagement roller
An L-shaped arm 72 is attached and fixed rotatably by a shaft portion 109, and is attached to the L-shaped arm at a center bent portion of the L-shaped arm 72, and provided on the lower surface of the substrate portion 51. A shaft portion 77 penetrating the base portion 105 and projecting downward, an arm 79 having a base end portion connected and fixed to a lower end portion of the shaft portion 77,
A rotary disk portion in which a spring 76 stretched between a joining pin 90 provided at the distal end of the arm 79 and a pin 78 projecting downward from the back surface of the substrate portion 51 and the engaging roller 74 engages. 52 comprises a rotation transmitting section 96 provided on the back surface.

The shaft 77 is connected and fixed to an L-shaped arm 72, and an arm 79 whose base end is connected and fixed to the lower end of the shaft 77 is tightened and fixed to the shaft 77 by a screw 89. I have.

Furthermore, a joining pin provided at the tip of the arm 79
90 is fixed to the arm 79 with the tip of the shaft 110 upward, and a spring 76 is stretched between the shaft 110 and the pin 78 described above. Therefore, the shaft 77
Rotating disk part 52 by spring 76 via arm 79
Is always urged in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of

The two arm portions 119 and 120 constituting the L-shaped arm 72 are formed at an angle substantially perpendicular to each other, and the shaft portion fixed to the central bent portion of the L-shaped arm 72 is formed.
77 is always urged in the direction opposite to the rotation direction of the rotating disk portion 52, so that the L-shaped arm 72 attached to the shaft portion 77 is also constantly urged in the counter-rotating direction of the rotating disk portion 52. ing.

Therefore, the medal guide pin 73 attached to one end of the L-shaped arm 72 is always placed in the medal guide pin storage hole 64 while being urged outward from the medal guide path 62, It is arranged at the outermost position of the storage hole 64. Further, the engaging roller 74 attached to the other end of the L-shaped arm 72 is constantly urged toward the inside of the hole 86 formed in the bottom plate 102 forming the rotating disk portion accommodating recess 93. In the normal state, the engagement roller 74 is
It is almost exposed inside 86.

Therefore, the rotating disk portion 52 is disposed in the rotating disk portion housing recess 93, and the rotating disk portion is
52 An engaging roller 74 is arranged in a concave portion 83 formed in an engaging step portion 75 provided on the back surface portion, the engaging step portion 75 is engaged with the engaging roller 74, and the driving portion 53 is When actuated, the drive shaft 84 rotates, and the rotating disk 52
The rotation is transmitted to.

When the rotating disk portion 52 rotates, as described above, the L-shaped arm 72 is constantly urged in the anti-rotation direction of the rotating disk portion 52. The engaging roller 74 mounted on the rotating disk portion 52
It rotates in a state where it is engaged with the engagement step 75 provided in the step.

That is, when the engaging roller 74 moves over the convex portion 82 from the state of being disposed in the concave portion 83, the engaging roller 74 moves toward the outside of the rotating disk portion housing concave portion 93 around the shaft portion 77, and
When 74 moves from the convex portion 82 to the concave portion 83, it moves toward the inside of the rotary disk portion housing concave portion 93 about the shaft portion 77.

In this manner, the engagement roller 74 is rotated by the rotation of the engagement step portion 75 about the shaft portion 77, and the rotating disk portion storage recess 93 is rotated.
The reciprocating motion is repeated along the diametrical direction. Accordingly, with the reciprocating motion of the engagement roller 74, the medal guide pins 73 attached to the other end of the L-shaped arm 72.
Similarly, when the engaging roller 74 gets over the convex portion 82 of the engaging step portion 75 and the L-shaped arm 72 rotates counterclockwise,
The inside of the medal guide pin storage hole 64 has a rotating disk storage recess.
93 Move inward to reach the innermost position.

When the engaging roller 74 moves into the concave portion 83 of the engaging step portion 75 and the L-shaped arm 72 rotates clockwise, the medal guide pin 73 moves inside the medal guide pin housing hole 64. The rotating disk portion storage recess 93 is configured to move outward and reach the outermost position, and the medal guide pin 73 is configured to rotate the medal guide pin 73 by continuing the rotational engagement state of the engaging roller 74 with the engaging step portion 75. It is configured to be able to reciprocate in the guide pin storage hole 64.

As shown in FIG. 5, the engaging step 75 of the rotation transmitting section 96 provided on the back surface of the rotating disk section 52 is configured such that each of the protrusions 82 constituting the engaging step 75 is The hole 59 is formed so as to be arranged in the direction of rotation slightly forward.

Therefore, the rotating disk portion 52 is accommodated in the rotating disk portion accommodating concave portion 93, and the engaging roller 74 attached to one end of the L-shaped arm 72 is disposed in the concave portion 83 of the engaging step portion 75. When the section 52 is stopped, the medal guide pins 73 arranged at a position substantially perpendicular to the engagement roller 74 rotate the medal storage holes 59b located at the medal guideway entrance 63 in the rotational direction. The engagement roller 74 is located slightly forward, and is positioned slightly behind the two medal storage holes 59c in the rotation direction of the medal storage hole 59b. It is configured to be located at the outermost position.

Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when the rotating disk portion 52 rotates and the medal storage hole 59b is separated from the medal guideway entrance 63, the engaging roller 74 becomes the convex portion 82.
And the medal guide pin 73 is configured to reach the innermost position of the guide pin storage hole 64.

In addition, a plurality of small holes 111 are opened on the opposite side of the medal discharge unit 57 of the bottom plate 102 constituting the rotating disk unit storage recess 93, and the medal placing unit 56 constituted by the bottom plate 102 is provided. The medals 43 are placed on the medals 43. The medals 43 are configured to be removed by the plurality of small holes 111. I have.

These small holes 111 are opened at predetermined intervals at positions that do not overlap each other toward the center direction of the bottom plate 102, and are opened at positions where the radial dimensions of the bottom plate 102 are different from each other. .

As shown in FIG. 4, the counter roller 61 is rotatably connected and fixed to the upper end of a bar-shaped counter roller support 67, and the counter roller support 67 is rotatable.
The lower end of the arm 98 is rotatably attached to the distal end of the arm 98 to which the base end is rotatably attached to the fixed portion 104. One end of the arm portion 98 is engaged with a post 91 projecting downward from the base portion 105, and the other end of the spring portion 66 is engaged with the tip end of the arm portion 98. As a result, the rotating disk 52 is constantly urged in the anti-rotation direction.

Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, and 7, the counter roller 61 mounted on the upper end of the counter roller support 67 is provided with an oblong hole formed in the substrate 51. It is arranged at one end side in 80 in a state where it is urged by the above-mentioned spring 66 in the counter-rotating direction of the rotating disk portion 52.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, the medal 43 is further conveyed by the medal conveyance guide 60 with the rotation of the rotating disc portion 52, and
The medal enters in 62, and the medal enters counter roller 61 above.
The distance l ₁ between the contact point A of the medal transport guide 60 and the contact point B of the counter roller 61 with the medal 43 in the state of the contact of the medal 43 is shorter than the diameter l _{2 of the} medal 43. It is arranged in a part that forms a certain positional relationship.

The medal guide section 65 is formed of a side wall formed at an acute angle with respect to a tangent line D set at the entrance 63 of the medal guide path 62 of the rotating disk section 52 and continuing to the tip of the medal guide path 62. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, a line C extending the contour of the medal guideway side wall 65 that defines one side of the medal guideway 62, and the entrance 63 of the medal guideway 62 of the above-described rotating disk unit 52. Is formed at an acute angle with the tangent line D, and the medal guideway side wall 65 extends toward the tip of the medal guideway.
Although it is continuous while slightly expanding, it is formed so as to continue at an acute angle with respect to the tangent D even in the expanded state.

Next, a case of paying out medals 43 using the hopper-type medal payout device 50 according to the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of medals 43 stored in a hopper 55 constituting a hopper-type medal payout apparatus 50 according to the present embodiment pay out medals through medal drop holes 112 provided in the hopper 55. Rotating disk part 52 that constitutes part 54
Fall gradually upward.

In this case, since the rotating disk unit 52 is rotating at a predetermined rotational speed by the operation of the driving unit 53, the medals 43 falling from the hopper unit 55 are rotated by the rotating disk unit 52.
Are stored in any one of the seven medal storage holes 59, and the medal mounting portion 56 is inserted through each of the medal storage holes 59.
Is stored and placed.

When actually used, a plurality of medals 43
Are stored in the same medal storage hole 59 in a stacked state. However, in this embodiment, the medal 43 is stored in the same medal storage hole 59 in order to simplify the description. The following describes an example in which only one sheet is stored.

Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the medals 43 stored in the medal placing portion 56 through the medal storing holes 59 formed in the rotating disk portion 52 as described above On the side, the medal conveyance guide 60 provided on the rear side in the rotation direction of each medal storage hole 59 conveys the medal in a clockwise direction while pushing the periphery of the medal.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, in the present embodiment, when the medal storage hole 59a storing the medal 43 reaches the position of the entrance 63 of the medal guide path 62, this medal storage The medals 43 stored in the holes 59a come into contact with the medal guide pins 73 stored in the guide pin storage holes 64, as shown in FIG.

That is, the medal guide pin 73 is configured to reciprocate in the medal guide pin storage hole 64 in the diametric direction of the rotating disk portion 52 in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating disk portion 52, as described above. The medal guide pin 73
Means that when each medal storage hole 59 is not at the position of the medal guideway entrance 63, it is located at the innermost position of the medal guide pin storage hole 64 and each medal storage hole 59 is at the medal guideway entrance 63 position. Is configured to reach the outermost position.

Therefore, as described above, when the medal storage hole 59a storing the medal 43 reaches the medal guideway entrance 63, the medal guide pin 73 is positioned at the outermost one of the medal guide pin storage hole 64. The medal 43 conveyed by the medal conveyance guide 60 is
It comes into contact with 73.

Thereafter, as the rotating disk portion 52 further rotates clockwise, the medal front guide is pressed from the rear inner side of the medal 43 by the medal transport guide 60 in a state controlled by the medal guide pins 73. .

As a result, as shown in FIG. 9, the medal 43 is pushed by the medal transport guide 60 in a state where the front inner side of the medal 43 is regulated by the medal died pin 73, thereby forming a medal guide path forming the medal guide portion. The vehicle enters the medal guide path 62 while sliding on the side wall portion 65.

Thereafter, the medal 43 is further pushed from behind by the medal transport guide 60 with the rotation of the rotating disk unit 52, so that the front side of the medal 43 is
Abut. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 10, the medals 43 are in a state of being sandwiched between the medal guideway side wall 65 and the counter roller 61 in this case.

As described above, since the counter roller 61 is always urged in the anti-rotation direction of the rotating disk portion 52 by the spring 66 in the oval hole portion 80, the rotation of the rotating disk portion 52 The medal transport guide 60 further presses the medal 43 in accordance with
With the entry of the medals 43 toward the tip of the medal guide path 62, the medals 43 move slightly upward in FIG. 10 in the oblong hole portion 80 against the urging force.

Thereafter, the medal 43 is further pushed toward the tip of the medal guide path 62 by the medal transport guide 60, and the contact point E between the medal 43 and the medal guide path side wall 65, and the counter roller 61 and the medal 43 Line G formed between the contact point F
Linear dimension until shorter position than the diameter l ₂ medal 43, when the medal 43 enters toward the medal guide path 62 distally, due entering the medal guide path 62 of the medal 43 The resilient force accumulated in the spring 66 that urges the counter roller 61 in the counter-rotating direction of the rotating disk portion 52 acts, and the counter roller 61 moves in the oblong hole portion 80 against the rotating disk portion 52. It moves instantaneously in the rotation direction and attempts to return the counter roller 61 to the initial state position.

Therefore, by the return operation of the counter roller 61 to the initial state in the oval hole portion 80, the medal 43 is caused to sharply move its inner peripheral portion toward the tip of the medal guide path 62 by the elastic force of the counter roller 61. Is pushed towards, resulting in a medal
Numeral 43 denotes an ejection from the medal discharge unit 57 to the outside of the medal payout unit 54.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 7, the medals 43 of the medal transport guide 60 in the initial state where the medals 43 enter the medal guide path 62 and the medals 43 come into contact with the counter rollers 61. The counter roller 61 is provided at a position where the distance l ₁ between the contact point A of the counter roller 61 and the contact point B of the counter roller 61 with the medal 43 is shorter than the diameter dimension of the medal 43.

Further, in the present embodiment, the medal guide portion 65
Is formed at an acute angle α with respect to a tangent line D set at the entrance 63 of the medal guide path 62 of the rotating disk portion 52, and is constituted by a side wall portion 65 which is continuous to the tip of the medal guide path 62.

On the other hand, due to various circumstances, the medal 43 is stuck between the medal mounting portion 56 and the medal storage hole 59 in each medal storage hole 59, and the rotation of the rotating disk portion 52 is stopped.
If it becomes impossible to discharge the medals 43, the driving unit 53 is operated to rotate the rotating disk unit 52 forward and backward in small increments in the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. To get rid of it.

Even in such a case, as described above, the contact point A of the medal conveyance guide 60 with the medal 43 and the counter roller
The distance l ₁ between the contact point B with the 61 medal 43 is
Since the counter roller 61 is disposed at a position shorter than the diameter of the medal 43, when the rotating disk portion 52 repeats the forward / reverse rotation in small increments, the medal 43 is moved outward from the medal discharge portion 57. The medal transport guide ejected by the above-described resilience, or provided behind a medal storage hole 59b in front of one medal storage hole 59a storing a medal 43 as shown in FIG. According to 60b, the state is returned to the medal placing portion 56 along the medal guide path 65 again.

Therefore, the medal transport guide and the counter roller are located on the same line on the medal diameter line as in the conventional art, so-called abutting occurs, and the rotation of the rotating disk portion 52 becomes impossible, and the rotating disk portion 52 rotates. It is possible to prevent a situation in which the payout of the medal 43 becomes impossible and the payout of the medal 43 becomes impossible.

In addition, such a hopper-type medal payout device is generally disposed inside a slot machine, a currency exchange machine, a vending machine, or the like, and various other devices (for example, a medal selector, a bill validator, and the like) are densely packed. Conventionally, the heat generated by the operation of the drive unit 53 that rotates the rotating disk unit 52 cannot be effectively dissipated, and the heat is not continuously dissipated for a long time. In the case where the drive unit 53 is operated in such a manner, the operation efficiency of the drive unit 53 may be reduced.

However, in the hopper-type medal payout apparatus 50 according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG.
54 is a mounting and fixing panel section 8 on both side ends of the board section 51.
1,81 are provided, and these fixed mounting panel portions 81,81 are provided.
And while ensuring a predetermined gap between the board part 51, these mounting and fixing panel parts 81, 81 via the board part 51,
Since the drive unit 53 is configured to act as a heat radiating unit capable of radiating heat generated when the drive unit 53 is operated, the drive unit 53 is continuously operated for a long time and the rotating disk unit 52 is rotated. Even in this case, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the operation efficiency of the drive unit 53 is reduced by the heat generated by the drive unit 53 as in the related art.

Further, the rotating disk portion 52 used in the hopper-type medal payout device 50 according to the present embodiment has a predetermined thickness dimension as described above, and each medal accommodating hole 59 has a larger number of sheets than before. Since the medal 43 is configured to be able to be stored, the lowest medal 43 in each medal storage hole 59 has
Since the weight of the plurality of medals 43 loaded thereon is added, the medals 43 are mounted on the medal mounting portion 56 in a stable posture.

Therefore, as in the conventional hopper-type medal dispensing apparatus, the medal 43 is placed between the medal mounting portion and the rotating disk portion due to the unstable posture of the medal 43.
Can be effectively prevented from being clogged and the rotation of the rotating disk unit 52 being stopped.

[Effect of the Invention] In the hopper-type medal payout device according to the present invention,
A medal guide pin provided on a medal mounting portion of the medal payout portion is disposed in a groove-shaped guide pin storage hole formed in the medal mounting portion along a rotating disk portion diametrical direction, and rotation of the rotating disk portion is performed. Reciprocating in the diameter direction of the rotating disk portion in conjunction with the above, when each medal storage hole is not at the above-described medal guide path entrance position, the medal storage hole is located at the innermost position, and each medal storage hole is in the medal guide of the medal discharge unit. When it is at the road entrance position, by reaching the outermost position, it contacts the periphery of the medal to guide the medal, and supports the medal between the roller and the medal guideway side wall portion, while the medal transport guide guides the medal. Is pressed in the direction of the medal discharge section to discharge the medal.

Therefore, in the hopper-type medal dispensing device according to the present invention, unlike the conventional hopper-type medal dispensing device, the medal guide pin reciprocates in the diameter direction of the rotating disk portion in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating disk portion. By doing
The system is configured to guide the incoming medals into the medal guideway so that they can enter the medal guideway positively and discharge the medals appropriately. It is possible to reliably discharge medals from the section.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a hopper-type medal dispensing apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an embodiment of a rotating disk unit used in a medal dispensing unit constituting the hopper-type medal dispensing apparatus according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a back surface portion of the rotating disk portion, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a medal payout portion constituting the hopper type medal payout device according to the present invention, with the rotating disk portion removed. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the structure of the rear surface of the medal payout section constituting the hopper type medal payout apparatus according to the present invention, and FIGS. 5 and 6 relate to the present invention. FIG. 5 is a plan view showing one embodiment of a hopper-type medal payout device, showing a positional relationship between an engagement roller, a medal guide pin, and a medal storage hole accompanying rotation of a rotating disk unit, and FIG. Some medal storage holes FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a case where the medal storage hole of the rotating disk unit is separated from the entrance of the medal guideway, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a hopper type medal payout according to the present invention. FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of a medal payout unit constituting the apparatus, in which a medal conveyed by a medal conveyance guide enters a medal guide path and comes into contact with a counter roller with rotation of a rotating disk unit. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a hopper-type medal payout apparatus according to the present invention, wherein the medals are guided by a medal conveyance guide by a medal transport guide as the rotating disk rotates. FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a hopper-type medal payout apparatus according to the present invention, showing a state in which the medal is being conveyed to an entrance position. Transfer gear FIG. 10 shows a state in which a medal is conveyed by the drive, the medal guide pin reaches the outermost position of the medal guide pin storage hole, and comes into contact with the conveyed medal. FIG. 11 shows a state in which the medals are pushed by the medal transport guide and the medals are supported between the counter roller and the side wall of the medal guide path constituting the medal guide section. FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an embodiment of a hopper-type medal payout device, wherein medals are clogged in a medal storage hole, a rotating disk portion is inverted, and medals that have entered the medal guideway are collected again in a medal mounting portion. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional hopper-type medal payout apparatus. 10 hopper section, 11 medal payout section 12 rotating disk section, 13 drive section 14 medal placement section, 15 medal discharge section 17 board section, 18 medal drop hole 19 ... Medal storage hole, 20 ... Medal guide pin 21 ... Medal transport guide 22 ... Circular recess, 23 ... Separator 25 ... Spring, 26 ... Counter arm 27 ... Counter plate 28 ... Medal guide section , 29… Counter roller 30… Hopper type medal payout device 31… Rotor, 32… Ring-shaped projection 33… Flange, 34… Engagement hole 35… Fixing pin, 36… Medal guideway 37: Ring-shaped gap, 38: Disk 39: Peripheral edge, 40: Medal stirring projection 41: Notch, 42: Auxiliary roller 43: Medal 50: Hopper type medal dispensing device 51 ... board part, 52 ... rotating disk part 53 ... drive part, 54 ... medal payout part 55 ... Hopper part, 56 ... Medal mounting part 57 ... Medal discharge part, 58 ... Circular recess 59 ... Medal storage hole, 60 ... Medal transport guide 61 ... Counter roller, 62 ... Medal guide path 63 ... Medal guideway entrance 64 Guide pin storage hole 65 Medal guideway side wall (medal guide section) 66 Spring 67 Counter roller support 69 Annular guide projection 70 Driving shaft joint recess 71: Medal guide pin drive mechanism 72: L-shaped arm, 73: Medal guide pin 74: Engaging roller, 75: Engaging step 76: Spring, 77: Shaft 78: Pin , 79… Arm 80… Elliptical hole 81… Mounting and fixing panel part (heat radiating part) 82… Protrusion, 83… Depression 84… Drive shaft, 85… Notch 86… Hole , 88… Leg 89… Screw 90… Joining pin 91… Post 92… Shaft 93… Rotating disc storage recess 94 Central rotation part 95 Front edge in the rotation direction of the medal conveyance guide 96 Rotation transmission part 98 Arm part 99 General surface of base plate part 100 Fixed hole 101 Peripheral part 102 … Bottom plate 104… Fixing part, 105… Base 106… Fixing hole, 107… Tip 108… Step, 109… Shaft 110… Shaft, 111… Hole 112… Medal Drop hole, 113: Notch 114: Mounting part, 115: Screw 116: Screw, 117: Washer 118: Rotating center, 119: Arm 120: Arm, 121: Recess A ... Contact point between medal conveyance guide and medal B. Contact point between medal roller and medal C... Line extending contour of medal guideway side wall D... Set at medal guideway entrance of rotating disk unit Tangent line E: contact point between medal guideway side wall and medal F: contact point between counter roller and medal G: medal Line connecting the contact point between the guideway side wall and the medal, and the contact point between the counter roller and the medal l ........ Distance between the tip of the medal guide pin storage hole and the medal side wall part l ₁ ... In the initial state where the medal enters the road and abuts on the counter roller, the interval between the contact point with the medal of the medal transport guide and the contact point with the medal of the counter roller l ₂ …… Medal diameter dimension α… ... Angle between a tangent line set at the entrance of the medal guideway of the rotating disk and a line extending the contour of the medal guideway side wall

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A hopper section for storing a plurality of medals and having a medal drop hole at a lower end thereof, and a medal payout section for paying out medals stored in the hopper section. A plurality of medal storage holes provided directly below the medal drop hole formed in the hopper portion and penetrating in the thickness direction are formed along the circumferential direction, and a plurality of medals formed on the back surface are formed in a ridge. A rotating disk unit provided with a medal transport guide; a driving unit for rotating the rotating disk unit; and a medal dropped from the hopper unit provided adjacent to a lower surface of the rotating disk unit. A medal placing portion to be placed through the medal storage hole; a medal discharge portion provided outside the medal placing portion and having a medal guideway formed therein; and a medal discharge portion provided inside the medal guideway entrance. A hopper type medal payout device having a medal guide pin protruding above the medal mounting portion and guiding medal discharge; and a roller provided on the medal guide path and guiding medal discharge. Is arranged in a groove-shaped guide pin storage hole formed in the medal mounting portion along the rotating disk portion diametric direction, and reciprocates in the diameter direction of the rotating disk portion in conjunction with the rotation of the rotating disk portion, When each medal storage hole is not at the above-described medal guideway entrance position, the medal storage hole is at the innermost position, and when each medal storage hole is at the medal guideway entrance position, the medal storage hole reaches the outermost position. The medals are guided toward the medal discharge section by the medal transport guide while supporting the medals in contact with the rollers and supporting the medals between the rollers and the medal guideway side wall. A hopper-type medal dispensing device characterized by being formed so as to discharge medals when pressed.